Not so Fragile.
Summary: Roxas Strife is the sickly child who is protected by his brothers Vanitas, Ventus and Cloud. He's been in the hospital many times and when they say he can finally go to School, he accepts. His brothers are there, watching him and preventing the ones they don't trust to get near him. But sometimes, being protective doesn't help what's fragile. Especially when all he wants is to find Love and be free.
Pairings: Roxas/Axel (Later on), Sora/Riku, Ven/Terra, Cloud/Leon, Aqua/ Vani.
What to expect in this chapter: Swearing, Fluff, VENTERRA FLUFF ERMAHGAD (That was NoVa…Sorry), creepy Xemnas moments and Two POV swaps.
Disclaimer: Lyco: Why don't we just copy and paste a 'we do not own the game only this fanfiction' message so we don't annoy people?
NoVa: Too much effort, plus this gets us pumped for writing!
Lyon: You both suck… (Sulking in a corner due to lack of manliness)
Lyco: Just cus your friend said I was cooler that you, doesn't mean you have to sulk now help us write you freaking butt. (Loving Motivation!)
NoVa: See, we're a normal bunch! Next chapter we're going to do Lyco's Idea… N'Awwww! Hey, Hey, Lyco! VENTERRA FLUFF ERMAHGAD!
Lyco: HERMAHGAAAAAAAAAHD!
Lyon: Save me… Please…
First Day – Part 3: A red-head and Memories – (Hallway outside of Roxas' Art Class)
The Bell chimed and continued to ring out until it knew students would be inside. I had just left Cloud and Leon with the nurse who I just met named Rikku and saw Ventus and two of his friends walking with him into our art class. Maybe I'll be lucky and be able to sit near him.
"Alright. We have a new Student today. Roxas Strife, you can enter now." I could hear the art teachers loud and deep voice booming from across the closed, CLOSED, door. As I sucked in a breath of fresh-air, I looked at the ground and slid the door open, a nervous blush on my face as I walked to the front of the class. "Everyone, Roxas. Roxas, everyone. Your seat is with Axel Flurry, the guy over there." The teacher pointed towards a male student who had black tear drop tattoos underneath each acid green eye. I remembered this guy from my English class this morning, Mister Braig yelled at him and then apologized to me for 'scaring me'. "Axel introduce yourself or else wave your hand!" I flinched as the teacher spoke and when he noticed my small movement he apologized.
Geez, teachers keep on apologizing to me today… I watched as his hand was lazily stretched out and pointing to the desk beside him. When I surveyed the room, I could see Ventus staring at me with fear in his eyes and the two that he had walked in the room with were glaring daggers at this Axel guy. Now where did I hear that name...Oh yeah, Cloud!
"Now then, you may take your seat Roxas, I'm sure you don't want everyone staring at you any longer." As if that was everyone's cue to stare at the teacher, I walked away, hearing whispers and feeling eyes on me and soon enough, I was face to face with the male who hurt my brother.
"Then the name's Axel. Got it Memorized" This Axel guy tapped his temple, which led to me staring at his obnoxious red hair, it was sort of gross but it also suited him. "So your names Roxas huh? You didn't happen to see Vexen this morning did you?" I walked past the rude teen and sat down in the cold wooden chair, a matching wooden desk parked in front of me. "You can't just ignore me Blondie."
"What obligation do I have to tell you about what I have and haven't done and if you could refrain from talking to me that would be nice." I said, slight agitation in my voice as I had to sit there and listen to this retard blab on about how I needed to talk to him and be friends with him. Not long after actually zoning the red-head out, Mister Aeleus, as I just discovered his name, sorry Daisy, decided that we can mingle and talk about our up-coming projects. I shot straight up and walked over to Ventus who had quickly met up with me half-way.
"Oh god… Roxas I can't believe you have to sit next to him… We need to tell Cloud!" I watched as Ventus had started to freak out and I couldn't help but laugh and hug my older brother. "When were you given permission to act older than me?" Ven said, fake authority in his voice and a smug grin plastered on his face.
"Sorry, your highness. Now, you going to introduce me to your friends or are we going to stand in the middle of class all day?" Ventus and I chuckled loudly and strolled over to his desk which currently had his brown and blue haired friend's faces on it. "Did you talk them to sleep or are they unconscious from your non-stop talk of Sailor Moon? If it's either of those two options then I feel so sorry for them…" Ven looked at me with a look of mock hurt before slapping his much taller brown haired friend in the head.
"Shit Ven! What the hell was that for?!" The brown haired stranger looked at me, before looking at Ventus and continuing to do this action before smacking their female companion lightly on the head who seemed to do the exact same thing.
"Aqua, Terra, this is Roxas, my baby brother and the one who you were glaring at Axel for." Ventus spoke up, his hand raised and a smug grin on his face. Terra looked me up and down and then did the same to Ventus, obviously still in shock while Aqua stood up and decided to hug me and say hello.
"I've heard a lot about you Roxas. My name's Aqua and if you ever need anything, you can tell me, I can kick some butt!" Aqua let me go and smiled, she was a rather attractive girl and she seemed like a diligent student. Not long after Aqua's introduction though, Terra stood up and walked over to me, placing a hand on my head and a hand on Ven's.
"Woah… Are you sure you two aren't twins? I would believe that but Ven is somehow taller! Congrats Ven!" I chuckled as Ven hit Terra in the stomach and Aqua just sat back smiling. "Anyway, the name's Terra, and I'm guessing you're the great cook who makes Ven's delicious food." I slightly blushed at the compliment and Ven laughed before taking over.
"Yeah. My baby Brother is an amazing cook. Oh yeah, Terra's coming over this afternoon so you can talk then!" We all laughed and all of a sudden, I could feel a venomous pair of eyes on my back. I'm sure Terra could see this because he was glaring in the direction it was coming from. "Not again… Terra, just leave him… We'll sort out Axel later." Terra sighed before nodding and sitting back down.
"Now then. Enough with Pyro-head staring at me, let's actually do some work before Mister Aeleus walks over and threatens us because he scares me a little… I mean he's watching us silently." I said, earning chuckles and nods of approval. As we sat back and decided to listen to each other's ideas, I couldn't help but feel those acidic eyes on my back and it was rather unsettling…
"Hey, Roxas." Terra spoke up causing me to look into his bright blue eyes. "If you ever need a hand then just give Aqua and I a shout, you're a part of us now, ya' hear?" I could hear a slight hint of playfulness in Terra's voice and couldn't help but laugh loudly, attracting a few unwanted stares which disappeared quickly. "Oy. Ven. What did I do?" Terra questioned, laughing awkwardly and resigning in defeat.
"You just made Roxas happy. I'm glad he met you both." Ven breathed out a sigh of relief and gave us all an awkward grin which showed that he was glad for everyone. "Now then. Shall we all draw?" Ven decided to sound all wise and I couldn't help but laugh louder. I'm sure that Ven finally found the right ones for him and it made me grin.
"Oh Venny. Why aren't you this wise at home?" I decided to place my arm around his shoulder and give Ven the same awkward grin and stretched my free hand back and left it behind my head. "Who are you trying to impress, huh, huh?" I decided to poke a finger into Ven's cheek and watched as Ven blushed.
"Hey! Don't call me that out of home Roxy! And you need to respect your elders!" Ven wrapped his arm around my shoulder and mimicked my grin and posture to make it look like there's a mirror in between us. Terra decided to shove his hand in the middle of our faces and nodded his head in satisfaction while Aqua just sat back with a calm grin on her face and a blue pastel in hand. "What the hell Terra?"
"Well, I thought that there was a mirror there. Venny. And that Roxy here was just your reflection." A smug grin across Terra's tan face and a light blush dusting my own and Ven's cheeks. We both shot a look at Terra before turning our backs to him. "Hey, come on. You know I was joking!" Terra decided to whine and I let a snicker out.
"He's like Leon with Cloud! Especially after this morning!" I said to Ven, creating Ven's ears to even go red and incoherent words and stammering escape from his lips. "Ven… You didn't answer my last little tease because I know why now." I said sagely, causing Ven to almost faint and fall back into Terra's open and out-stretched arms.
"Woah, You alright there Ven?" I couldn't help but chuckle as Ven started to stammer and suddenly shoot back up and grab my hand, a pleading look in his eyes and I decided to nod, hopefully getting him to put his lip back in and to get the puppy-dog eyes out of my face. "Anyway, so are you going to be cooking for dinner tonight Roxas or is it someone else's turn?" I then shot my own dirty look at Ven before speaking up.
"Well you see. It IS Ven's turn today and since he has a guest over, he gets to cook for not only you, but his whole family who will be having fun about hearing him trying to sneak out of his duty." I said and looked Terra straight in the eyes giving him the, 'You do not help him' look and gaining a nod of approval. I heard Ven whine and complain about how he can't cook and it'll be gross and I decided to tone him out and look at the blank paper that was given to me by Aqua. "Hey, Aqua, can I see what you're drawing?" I asked calmly and when she nodded her head I was slightly shocked.
"You see… When you and Ven started to mirror each other, I sort of just decided to sketch you both and I put Terra in the middle too. This is your welcome into our, 'make-shift' school family." I looked at the drawing in awe, it was drawn lightly with a blue pastel and it showed different lines to define our hair but what caught me, was the way she coloured our eyes. Terra had the darkest while Ven seemed to be a bright blue but my own were somewhat different. The top was a dark blue and as it went to the bottom, the colour got lighter until it turned a clear white.
"Woah! Good job Aqua! This is amazing and. HEY! How come I have a creepy grin going on!?" Aqua decided to laugh and comment on how it suited the drawing and I just stared at the eyes even more while Ven was staring at how Aqua made it so that he was stealthily looking at Terra. "Anyway… I'll bring an even cooler drawing tomorrow!" Ven and I cheered with Terra and we got a small but playful warning to calm down from Mister Aeleus.
Not long after that, we all sat back and talked like typical teenagers and laughed at almost everything until the bell went and the three of them had to leave for their physical education class. I silently wished I could join them but, alas, I'm still too god damn fragile to do much… As I strolled down the hallway, I could hear a strange voice calling out to me to 'wait up'. It was Axel of course.
"Hey Blondie! You have Integrated History with Sir Mansex the wise?" The ferocious beast appeared! You have two choices: A) Walk away ignoring him or B) Lecture him and then storm off! Pick wisely! Well guess what, I went for Option C, there isn't one? Well too bad, I can do what I want brain! "What? I got something on my face?" The much, much,taller red head looked down at me, his green eyes suddenly not so venomous and his face relaxed and showing a loose smile.
"Why can't you just leave me alone and my name's not Blondie. Maybe you should listen more?" I said, no interest in continuing the conversation laced in between each word. I let my feet carry me off and I let my back be turned towards the tall, dangerous male. I looked up and down the corridor and noticed a sign which read Int History and breathed in and let out a sigh of relief. Thank god he shut u-. Oh great! He's in this class too… It's easy to tell because he's pretty much just breathing on my neck!
"Well, looks like I was right, wasn't I R-o-x-a-s?" He had a playful tone of voice and when he spotted Vice-principle Xemnas, he moved me aside gently before rushing over and speaking to him, the vice's gaze locking on to my body, more specifically, my chest? What the hell is that about? Anyway, I decided to brush off the weird eyes on me today thing and looked around the class, hopefully Vanitas or Cloud and Leon were going to be in this class?
"Roxas?" I heard a lone voice reach my ears and when I looked over to the source of the voice I almost fell over. Vincent Valentine had actually called out in front of others! And it was to me!? What's happening today!? I strolled over and sat next to Vincent, a small grin on my face as I noticed he sighed in relief. "I'm glad I recognised you but wait… You're in Integrated History with Xemnas right?" Vincent's voice had gotten quiet again and I couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Yeah, I thought I would have to put up with Axel again… Thank god you're here! Is there anyone else we know in this class?" Vincent nodded his head and pointed towards the door, a solemn look on his face as his eyes narrowed. "C-Cloud!?" I said quickly, standing up and placing my hands onto the desk to balance myself.
Vincent nodded his head while Cloud looked to find me standing up and looking at him wide-eyed. He actually gasped before walking over to me and looking me up and down and placing his hand atop of my head. He suddenly smiled softly at me and gave me a quick pat on the shoulder.
"Well, at least we have one class together. I'm glad… I thought you were Ven for a second until I released that you were too short to be." I groaned and slightly whined at the fact that I was still a growing teenager before huffing and sitting down. "Well, looks like I found a new seat, Sorry Vincent, someone has to sit beside you now!" Cloud said before sitting to my right with Vincent to my left. I felt overly protected by the two but they were still important people to me!
"Ew. Socialising with others." Vincent said quietly and quickly before looking down at his desk, pulling out a pad of refill and pens out quickly and also a large textbook which had the words, "History and Times of Xehanort Ki." The name Xehanort rang an unfriendly bell in my head as I tried to remember where I had heard it.
"Well, you seemed fine socialising with Yuffie and Roxas this morning Vin and I don't think we're starting class yet so you don't need everything out man." Cloud decided to lean back in his chair and placed his hands behind his head while his feet rested on the table, he looked really comfortable (Insert Sarcasm Here Mind). "But anyway, all we do is listen to Xemnas drone on about how he can outshine the history of others and we can all follow him and yadda-yadda-yadda." I chuckled and noticed Cloud's hand quickly go to his stomach as he sent daggers with his eyes to the front of the classroom.
"Clo, please tell me you were allowed to leave the infirmary? Plus, who the heck are you glaring at…" I turned my face towards Cloud's and waited for my answer before being turned around by Vincent who was now suddenly up close. "Vinny? What the heck is happening here?" Vincent just shook his head and turned my face towards the direction of a certain red-head eyeing me up again. "Oh god… Not again…" I muttered before covering my mouth quickly.
"Rox. What do you mean by again?" Vincent asked, quietly enough so Cloud didn't hear and when I explained everything, even his eyes locked into a battle with Axels'. "Watch out for him Roxas… you're lucky that Ven had Terra and Aqua near so they could keep him back." I'm slightly surprised at how much Vinny was speaking at the moment but anyway, everything was fine… Okay, who am I kidding? Everything is going down-hill then up then back down and so forth.
"Hey Rox… How come Axel Flurry," Cloud had a venomous tone of voice at the moment and it looked like his hair was standing up like Medusa's, "Keeps on staring at you and then talking to Mansex over there?" Cloud spoke softly and he still had the intent to kill aura going on.
"I had art with him just before… He's been doing that ever since I got placed next to him by mister Aeleus." I said honestly, my head looking at the desk and Vincent's hand gently patting my head while Cloud decided to stand up and move in front of my desk. "Cloud? What are you doing?" I asked, actually confused with my now strange brother.
"I'm stopping that Pyro-head from staring at you, what else?" Cloud smiled at me brightly and I decided to wrap my arms around his neck and hug him. "Hey… Rox, you do realize that now everyone's staring at us right?" Cloud started to sound slightly frantic and he slowly calmed down as I let go, giggling like a teenage girl.
"Seriously Clo, everyone should have guessed we were brothers by know! I mean, seriously we do look alike." Cloud and surprisingly Vincent started to laugh and for once, no-one was staring and watching us so I decided to chuckle softly. "Anyway, when do these lessons even begin?" I asked, serious and determined to get started on 'learning'.
"Well, it starts when Xemnas gets to the front of the class and taps the white board three times with a marker." Vincent said quickly and giving Cloud a side-ways glance. It seemed strange for a moment but then they were acting like it never happened so I decided to forget about it (For now that is)… "See. That's what he does." And right on cue, Vice-principle Xemnas tapped the white-board with a black white-board marker.
"Woah, are you a psychic?" I asked out of shock and amazement at Vincent's fore-sight ability. But that was short-lived when a certain red-head took the seat in front of me before a tall blond wearing a black beanie could.
"Oy! Get outta my seat loser!" Obviously Beanie-head here had a lot of guts and courage because he just started and didn't start and argument in front of the Vice-Principle of the school and an annoying member of the Organization. But since Axel, the annoying red-head, wasn't even bothering to notice the poor soul, he sat down in front of me and started to look to his side out a large window. "HEY! Don't just ignore me!" But to everyone's surprise, Axel decided to stay in the same spot looking out the same window.
"Seifer! Find a seat, class has started!" Vice-principle Xemnas almost yelled, his voice echoed inside of the class and it was certainly frightening in my opinion. "Now then, as we all ignore Seifer, we can introduce the new student of the class and then continue on with our lesson." Xemnas made a sort 'stand up' action which I quickly did and he started to speak for me. "This, class, is Roxas Strife. He's Cloud's younger brother and only fifteen so please, do be nice with him." And with that said, I sat back down and looked at my desk, paper and a pen on it from Cloud.
As Xemnas continued to drone on about Ansem the Wise, the man who basically made most of the world, I was sitting there, receiving notes from my pest of a brother who knew I was trying to actually listen. One of the notes had to be a drawing of the Vice-Principle looking like a demon which I gladly chucked back at Cloud when Xemnas turned his back on us all. By the time the fifth note arrived I almost raged because two notes appeared at the same time, when crumpled up in a ball and another folded neatly. All of Cloud's notes so far were crumpled so I reached for the neatly folded one and actually groaned at the writing.
'Hey Blondie, what class do you have next?' it said and down the bottom of the page, it was 'Axel Flurry- Got it Memorized Yet?' I actually groaned at the stupid thing before aiming and managing to throw the note back at Axel. Of course I wrote something on it and it wasn't all that nice… 'The name's Roxas "got it memorized yet?" and I don't want to tell you what I have next. Don't even return this note or give me any more, got it?' Well, that is sort of nice and sort of mean… I then felt a sudden tap on my shoulder from my left side and looked at Vinny, seeing him holding out paper with writing from top-to-bottom.
"This is the notes from yesterday in case you're lost" Vincent quietly whispered before handing me the notes. They were neat and had side-notes to help understand different lines. I almost cried at the sight of this heavenly item and placed the piece of paper on my desk, on top of the refill I was writing on. Lucky me, I have a folder in my bag for later!
I then remembered there was a note from cloud to respond to and when I looked back there was another crumpled up paper-ball on my desk. I opened them both up to see that one said, 'I'm going to protect you okay?' and the second one saying 'What the hell did Axel ask you?" I quickly scribbled out a sorry and short explanation and chucked the paper onto Cloud's desk without being seen again. And before I even got a note-back, the bell which went 5 minutes before the end of class one went off. Xemnas stopped the lesson and sat down at his desk, turning his back to all students and ignoring everything.
"Hey, Vinny, can I take your notes from today's lesson home and copy it down?" I asked, giving the best puppy-dog face I could which worked because as soon as he looked up, he handed me the piece of paper avoiding all eye-contact. I literally jumped for joy and hugged the teen repeating the word thanks like a broken record.
"Roxas. What do you have next, I'll walk you if I can." Cloud offered, a smile on his face and a hidden motive behind it. I sort of looked at Cloud softly before sighing and telling him that I had a computers class which he couldn't walk me too, sadly though, the annoying red-head heard and slightly perked up at the sound of Computer's class and Cloud saying I can't get there.
"Who is your teacher Roxas?" Vincent asked, a light blush dusted his cheeks still from suddenly being hugged in public. I looked at the piece of paper I had grown attached to and slowly said the letters D-i-Z, unsure of how to say the name a little. Vincent sighed before continuing, "I've got Rufus but I'll walk you." Vincent shot a glare to someone behind me and Cloud came up to my side and hugged me gently.
"I'll be outside waiting for you okay? Vincent I expect you to walk Roxas out and then we can actually go to your place to grab your stuff since you're staying the night." I blinked. Then blinked again. Vincent was staying the night with us? Since when was that decided!? "Oh yeah, forgot to tell you! Well, Vincent's staying the night and dad knows so yeah. I asked when Rikku called up his garage and he agreed and told me to tell you that he's coming home late and that you need to take your pills without him reminding you?" I groaned at the thought of more pills before nodding my head and clasping the two pages from Vincent in my ring-binder.
"Shall we go Roxas?" Vincent asked quickly, and I nodded my head before hugging Cloud and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, grinning.
"You stay out of trouble and I'll see you after school!" I grabbed Vincent's arm and dashed out of the classroom, before being pulled back by Vincent saying I'm going the wrong way. Well that was clever. As Vincent and I were walking down the crowded corridor, we could hear footsteps which most likely belonged to Flurry and I couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed at this stupid guy. He stares at me, then talks to me like he's a god and then follows behind you and a friend quietly like a predator.
"Roxas. I think we need to hurry or we'll be late." Vincent could probably tell that it was Axel behind us and as soon as he said those words, he held my wrist and quickly picked up his pace. I wasn't unfit so I could manage with walking quickly and by doing so, we lost Axel and were a safe distance away from him "There we go… Anyway, we're just down this corridor." I looked up and noticed that the signs were saying Cst – Dz, or Cst – Rs. As Vincent and I split up, I noticed that this class was smaller and most likely contained only fifteen student including myself.
"Mister Strife I presume?" A man with a red bandage wrapped all around his face, showing one golden eye spoke to me, he wore a long coat which I would call a robe, and it was black with a red trim. He seemed like the indoors type… "You may sit wherever you like and talk whenever, I am here to give out assignments, homework and your exams and tests. Since this class is a more advanced one, I presume you know all the basics and know a minimal amount of coding?"
"Well, yes. I've taught myself almost everything I need to know for computing and when I took the test I just got stared at…" DiZ and some of the students seemed to stare at me for a moment before a small chuckle was heard. It came from DiZ who signalled for me to sit down and I surveyed the room for a kind face and a free chair which seemed to be a problem until DiZ pointed at a chair next to a slightly round boy who was wearing a white and blue striped headband to keep his brown hair spiked up.
"That boy over there is Pence. He's a nice kid but seems to now sit away from this year's class. I'm sure you will get along just fine." And with that said, Mister DiZ walked off into the back room and everyone in the class could hear him rummaging around. I decided to stroll over to the boy named Pence and as soon as I did, he smiled brightly.
"Nice to meet you. My name's Pence, let' get along well okay?" I nodded my head and sat next to the boy before looking at the computer screen, asking for my username and password. Wait… Do I even have that information!? "Hey, do you have your login?" Pence asked, a smile on his round face and a helpful tone in his voice.
"No… I wasn't given one this morning at the office. Was I supposed to get one then?" Pence shook his head before pointing at DiZ who was re-entering the room and strolling towards Pence and I. "I'm guessing I get one from DiZ?" DiZ who was just in range to hear us, nodded his head and spoke up.
""Well… Rufus was supposed to make one for you but apparently, he forgot because of his 'marking' of other student's work so it isn't ready yet but I'll work on it right now so just sit there and read if you want." DiZ quickly strolled back into his office, this time closing the door gently.
"Well then… I'm doing nothing for a while I guess…" I said casually before placing my hands behind my head and leaning back in the computer chair. "Hey Pence, how old are you?" I asked, guessing that I should get to know the guy before being full out friends with him.
"Well… I'm fifteen but I'll be sixteen soon!" I actually had a lot in common with the teenager apparently. But the one thing that got me was his mention of Sea-Salt ice-cream, I froze and just stared at Pence for a while until suddenly rambling on about how I love it and that it isn't called having an addiction to it just because you have a whole drawer in the freezer with your name in it with Sea-salt Ice-cream all throughout it… No… Not an addiction at all!
Computer science was actually fun since I got to know Pence and Mister DiZ seemed to join in with our conversation, talking about how his computer breaks down on him like it just did and how he fixes it back up before suddenly finding out that its battery is dead and the charger needs to be replaced (Lyco: Story of my life people!)
When the bell went, I made my farewells to Pence and DiZ before walking out of the classroom and strolling into Vincent's noticing him sitting in the back with a small grin on his face. Well, obviously he had a good lesson… I strolled over to Vincent and as soon as I reached him, I heard a bark of laughter which made me turn in my tracks. I could see a male with short blond hair and a silver earring standing in the doorway. He had a thick accent and I could hear another male's voice. It seemed familiar so I decided to listen a little closer.
"Really Luxord! You played Solitaire all lesson!?" My brain clicked and I realised that the voice belonged to a certain red-head who continued to pester me all day. Axel Flurry. AGAIN! As I quietly thought to myself I saw Vincent stand up and stretch before grabbing at his bag and then grabbing my hand and leading me out past Axel and the man called Luxord.
"Well! Vincent Valentine holding a young boys hand! I thought I saw everything until now!" The man with the thick accent seemed to laugh more and my brain did another late minute click. A man with blond hair and a British accent cut Leon's shoulder while a man with hair that looks like fire punched Cloud in the gut. These were the two who hurt my brother and basically already step-brother!
"So what? I see you molesting Demyx every day. The boy's got a mind of a twelve year old Luxord… Now excuse us." Vincent picked up his pace and suddenly, I could feel a hand grasp onto my arm and I flinched in fear and terror. "Hey. Let go of him Axel." Vincent's words had become steel and his gaze was one intent on killing whoever was in his way.
"Can't I just ask Roxas here one question?" A fake grin on the hot-headed male's face as he continued grasping my arm tightly. I flinched again when I felt the grip on my arm get tighter and I started to panic. This guy was planning on hurting me then Vinny… What do I do… I noticed my breathing getting unstable and I couldn't stop myself from hyperventilating. "Woah. What's wrong with him?"
Vincent quickly got my arm out of Axel's grip but before I knew what else happened, the world went black and all I could hear was Vincent yelling at me to hang in there and calm down.
.Axel POV.
I watched as the honey-blond teen fell to the ground, his eyes shut and his face an even paler colour than usual. Vincent dropped to the ground and cradled the boy in his arms before standing up quickly and glaring at Luxord and yours truly. I felt concern wash over me and I reached a hand out to feel the teen's head in case he had a fever all day or something but obviously, it was slapped away by the black haired male who glared at me this time.
"Don't touch him. You've done enough haven't you? He's been worried sick about his brother who you hurt and now you hurt the poor thing…" I had never heard Vincent speak this way before about anyone which meant this kid was important. "All he ever does is try his best and smile at almost everything. You don't know what he went through growing up and you don't know how fragile he truly is… No matter how strong he acts…" Valentine then turned his back to us and quickly ran down the corridor, his long hair swaying from side to side. I could catch a glimpse of the little blonde's face and his eyes had tears falling from them. But one thing that surprised us both was the fact that Vincent said more than a sentence for the honey-blond.
"Well Axel my dear friend. This is surely your lucky day. Being put in charge of getting the young blond and also pissing off the one and only Vincent Valentine. You do realise that in a deck of cards he would be the Ace correct? One that seems useless but can prove to be the trump card in certain situations." God dammit. What the fuck was up with Luxord and talking about Fate, Luck and cards.
"Just shut it Luxord. We need to go see Superior." And with that said the two of us quickly walked off to Xemnas' office.
.Ventus POV.
Terra and I were walking towards His and Aqua's house rather quickly today. Usually we wouldn't ever be in a hurry but obviously he needed something with his caregiver and master Eraqus. When we reached the large Dojo, I looked around the room and smiled at the warmth it gave out.
"ERAQUS!" Terra yelled out, very, VERY, loudly which made me wince and cover my ears quickly. "I'm going to be back late today!" Terra and I stood in the doorway before we both noticed a large duffel bag being thrown at us. I quickly his behind Terra who was standing there in shock before being pelted by the bag.
"I know that by late you mean eleven at night Terra. Honestly, you're lucky I guessed this would happen. Anyway, there's everything you should need in the bag which you should have dodged. Good job Ventus by the way, dodging the bag by hiding behind Terra." Eraqus let out a chuckle and looked at my small form which was peeking out from behind Terra. Terra turned a bright red at the sudden realisation that he lost his cool and started to stammer and stutter.
"Seriously. For a father you sure know how to act like a mother…" Terra muttered not so quietly which ended up with him getting a whack in the head from his own caregiver. "Shi- What the hell was that for!" Terra groaned, grabbing his head and slightly rubbing the spot where he was hit.
"You were disrespecting me. Anyway, leave now before I decide to give you a painful training afternoon." And with that said, Terra had dragged me out of his house which I quickly realised still had the duffel bag in it.
"Hey Terra. You do realise you left the duffel bag inside right?" Terra groaned before running back inside the house and staying in there for a few minutes. As I waited for Terra quietly, a rumble in my pocket led to me pulling out the light blue cell phone which had the new mail sign showing.
Cloud S: Hurry. Roxas hyperventilated and fainted.
I froze and quickly dashed off and grabbed Terra before running off towards my house. Terra question why we were running and when I flashed the message at him, he suddenly went quiet and started to run as fast as he could, dragging me along behind him.
"Send Cloud a message telling him we're on our way alright?" I gave Terra an affirmative and started to type Cloud's message.
"Terra and I are on our way. We'll be there in five minutes so make sure there's water and a face he can recognise easy near him." When I sent the text to Cloud I thought back to the first moment Roxas had every hyperventilated due to stress and fear and fainted from doing so.
Everyone was gathered in the living room, looking at the ground and each worrying about Roxas. Cloud was rocking back and forth with his legs hugged to his chest and Vanitas was looking at his book with small tears in his eyes. Sora was staying with our Aunt and Uncle still at this point so it was only us and father. Cid had fallen asleep in his chair due to stress and fatigue. Cloud, Vanitas and I each sat around the table, each looking worried for our lives. As I was about to speak up, we all heard a scream coming from our baby brother's bedroom.
"NO NO NO! CLO! VENNY! VANI! DADDY!" He was yelling and when we ran into his bedroom, we saw that the room had small dolls all over the place and Roxas shaking and crying in fear. "CLO! DADDY! I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SCARY MEN AGAIN! THEY HURT ME!" Roxas was so small and had a plush like face but it was distorted with tears.
"Roxas! We're here!" Cloud said quickly before running over and hugging our scared younger brother. "We'll protect you… Alright? We'll protect you…" Vani and I ran over and hugged the living daylight's out of the boy to calm him down which worked. We all stared at the little boy who was clutching Cloud's shirt tightly in his little fist.
"He's only seven…" Vani said, silently cursing before walking out of the room and wiping his eyes. Cloud picked up Roxas and carried him downstairs into the living room to watch over the poor thing while I stayed back and tidied up the small room which was decorated with books and small toys. Roxas' favourite was one of a small black creature with bright yellow eyes and long antennae. He always carried it around at every chance he could. And it was then that I realised that I was crying. My tears fell onto the small doll which I quickly hugged to myself and carried it downstairs to see Roxas looking peaceful again.
'He's fine now…" Cloud said, tired and scared that Roxas would wake up scared again. "Thanks for cleaning up his room and bringing down his toy." Cloud said before taking the doll gently and placing it in-between his body and Roxas' small frail one.
"What is the doll's name? I mean, he has the broken teacup one which he named Chip." Cloud looked at me, a small smile on his face as he looked back down at Roxas.
"He named the doll after mom… He named the doll Renoa…"
I felt tears fall down my face as I recalled everything that happened that day and when I hit Terra's back, I knew we arrived at my home. I raced inside and ran up to the bedroom which had Roxas' name on it. Slamming the door open, I saw Cloud and Vanitas hovering over Roxas' small body and a small smile on their faces.
"He's fine. He woke up and looked around luckily seeing Vincent on the way home. He said a quiet thank you before falling asleep on Vincent. He's doing fine… Thank fucking god…" Cloud said, sighing and wiping the small amount of sweat from his brow.
"Vincent and Leon are downstairs and Sora's staying over at Riku's tonight. We told Riku to ask him to stay the night at his place." Vani said, still watching Roxas silently breathe in and out. The boy looked so peaceful and I almost broke down this time until I felt a strong pair of arms wrap around my waist.
"Don't cry. Roxas will wake up soon and I'm sure he doesn't want to see you crying." Terra spoke up, catching Cloud's attention and a quick 'hey' from Vanitas. "You need to calm down for abit alright Ven? Sorry… I'm just going to get this one to cool down and the name's Terra, you must be Cloud." That was all Terra said before leading me downstairs and onto a couch which I fell onto and silently groaned into.
My head shot up as I realised that we forgot one thing. I ran up to Cid's bedroom and grabbed the one thing we forgot before running into Roxas' room again and gently placing the item in Roxas' arms. Roxas hugged the object and curled into a ball around it, softly nuzzling his head into the possession and falling asleep like he did eight years ago. I got small a small thanks from the two who were watching Roxas before strolling back down and flopping onto the couch, my legs laying limply over Terra.
"Hey. I betcha that when Roxas wakes up he'll want some of your cooking. So why don't I help you prepare something special for him?" Terra said, a small smile on his face as he started to rub my back gently. For a big guy he sure was a gentle person.
"Sorry…" I mumbled out, before flipping myself over and staring into Terra's eyes. He looked at me confused and puzzled by the sudden and unexpected apology. "I'm sorry… You have to see Cloud, Vani and I at our weakest state and you're probably feeling really awkward and I've ruined our afternoon so far and ugh…" I resigned and slammed my head back down and onto the plush couch. Why couldn't it be just wood!? Or metal?
"Hey. Don't say that!" Terra's voice had risen and he looked slightly annoyed with my previous statement. "The only way this evening could be ruined is if you weren't here! I have fun with you around Ven and don't ever think that something about you would every ruin anything we do together or make me feel awkward!" I blushed as I heard the statement and felt tears threaten to spill out the side of my eyes and when Terra hugged me, I finally broke down and let the tears fall.
"I'm sorry!" I said, my eyes watering and my nose running. Talk about embarrassing and gross but Terra didn't care. He just held me tightly to his chest and rubbed my back, ignoring the wetness growing on his shirt and the small amount of snot getting on it. When I finally calmed down, Terra held out tissue box and I gladly grabbed the tissues before wiping my eyes and blowing my nose. "Sorry for getting snot and tears all over your shirt Terra." I looked at the shirt and furrowed my brow at the sight.
"Stop saying sorry. It's alright Ven! I'm here for you, like you are for me. Alright?" I smiled brightly at the brown-haired teen and continued to smile at him until his stomach started to rumble ferociously. "oh man… I need some food… I stood up and Terra copied the motion quickly.
"You go get changed while I start making some random and easy food." I pointed out where the bathroom was and got a quick thanks before I watched the tall male dash off. For the first time in my seventeen years of life I think I may have found the one… But let's just keep that to ourselves oh brain of mine!
I strolled into the kitchen and looked in the pantry. Please tell me there's at least some- Ahah! Spaghetti! I quickly grabbed it out and placed it on the bench before grabbing out a pot and placing warm water in it till it reached half-way. I continued to cook and prepare the food to Roxas' tastes and sighed as I stared at the quick meal I made. This is what I love about Spaghetti! It's quick and easy! When I noticed that it didn't seem like enough food though, I got Terra to cook and prepare some mince to go with the simple dinner.
Vincent and Leon had gratefully moved to the living room where they both started to talk about casual things and how they think Fenrir should be theirs and so on and so on. When the meal was prepared I walked into the bedroom this time and noticed Roxas was sitting upright, hugging his prized possession. He had a grin on his face as he snuggled the toy tightly.
"Hey Ven. Is dinner ready?" Cloud asked, a grin of his own on his face. When I nodded my head he left the room with Vanitas and left me alone with a smiling Roxas.
"Did you bring Renoa to me Venny?" He asked, warmth shining in his bright blue-eyes and his small grin growing wider. When I nodded my head Roxas continued to speak. "Thank you. That's why I felt so at peace all of a sudden… When I woke up I had Renoa snuggled up to my chest and Cloud's shirt in my hand like when I was seven." I made a small flinch but suddenly hugged my baby brother before helping him out of bed. "Now then. It's time to eat!" Roxas was out of the room before I could stop him and when he entered the kitchen, I heard Cloud quickly yell at Roxas to put some pants on.
"Woah! Roxas!" I said as I was making my way out of his bedroom, Roxas was blushing and holding the long t-shirts bottom to cover his boxers. When I walked into the kitchen, Cloud was blushing, Vincent had his hand over his heart and his face was bright red, Leon was hiding behind Cloud and Vanitas and Terra were both staring at their plates in shock.
"Well… That's a good way to start dinner…" Leon said before laughing loudly. This is what Roxas deserves and this is what Roxas will get and as for me… All I want is for everyone I care about to be happy and also… For Terra to be happy with me forever…
Author Commentary Time! (ACT!)
NoVa: ERMAHGAWD THAT FLUFF!
Lyco: HERMAHGAWD SO KAWAIII!
Lyon: Since I'm the only sane one here… Yes the doll is a heartless one and Yes, Renoa is Cid's wife and the boy's mother. Sorry all you Renoa fans! It's just, Lycoris and NoVa both decided to incorporate Renoa by making her their deceased mother which is a bit too sad in my opinion.
Lyco: It's just… I sort of feel like Renoa would have that effect on her kid's sooo…. Yeah… Anyway. Omg is that Vincent liking Roxas!? Or is he going to fall for someone else~
Lyon: *Cough* Yuffie *Cough* Tifa *Cough Cough*
NoVa: Oh my fluffy VenTerra scene =w= Oh how I love you so!
Lyco: Hey NoVa! Ezio Auditore's Voice~ That's a freaking Eargasm…
NoVa: UGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!